Today, eleven Support Group and team members united to share the rota from 10:00 to 20:00 holding a charity collection at TESCO Extra, Middlebrook. One of our Mountain Rescue Land Rover Ambulances was positioned outside the entrance from 16:00 to 20:00 with team members on hand to answer questions from interested shoppers, whilst other members were inside the store receiving very generous donations from TESCO’s kind customers.

As a result, we are absolutely delighted to announce that £789.87 was raised to go towards supporting our voluntary work. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the management of TESCO Horwich, their Community Champion, Alison Billington, and, most importantly, to their wonderful customers!

Final numbers 103 members of the public, at least 5 dogs, team members and approximately 40 people on horseback climbed Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to the Pike to climb the same height as Everest. So we managed to climb Everest twice. pic.twitter.com/vx13wRpn8E

We smashed 64 members of the public and 4 dogs have so far climbed the Rivington Pike. We needed 50 people to walk from bottom barn to climb the same height as Everest. Let’s see if we can get 100 people and climb it twice. pic.twitter.com/1FzzCRVet5

Runners and walkers are the group at most risk of accidental drowning in the UK - 77 people died in 2016 because they fell in the water whilst out for a run or a walk #BeWaterAwarepic.twitter.com/AfUVuX1WGz